The Waiting Game

Implicit Wait is used to inform the WebDriver to pause the DOM, but for a specific time period until finding the element.

This Implicit Wait technique can be used only to find the elements, It will work for the be Find Element, Find Elements statements,

How does it work?

The process of Implicit Wait is, If an Implicit Wait is set you may not think that it will throw an error report(exception) in case the element which is looking for is not found.

Instead;

It will wait until it finds the Element throughout the timeout period.

Explicit Wait

If we need to make the statement wait for a certain condition to be successful, then Explicit Wait is the option for you.
Explicit Wait is especially used in a part where the content or the attribute of the page needs to be changed by the action from UI.

Ex:
Country – State Drop Down option used in forms.

Points to Remember:

Makes many components work parallely.

Automation Testing Tool works parallely with the Application Under Test.

Testing Tool to wait for a particular time before moving to the next code.

There are two different types of Synchronization.

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